China Sky (1945)
Flame into conflict ... in the hearts of an American doctor, the woman he married and the girl who loves him ... amid the devastation of daily bombings !
During World War II, an American mission hospital is headed up by Dr. Gray Thompson and Dr. Sara Durand. Sara is secretly in love with Gray but hides her feelings as his new wife, Louise, arrives at the hospital. Sparks fly, however, when Louise becomes jealous of Sara, and then tries to convince her husband to leave war-torn China behind for a calmer life in the United States. But Thompson is attached to both Sara and the people who need his help.
- Date of release
- 1945-05-16
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, War
- Director
- Ray Enright
Casting
- Randolph Scott — Dr. Gray Thompson
- Ruth Warrick — Dr. Sara Durand
- Ellen Drew — Louise Thompson
- Anthony Quinn — Chen-Ta
- Carol Thurston — Siu-Mei
- Richard Loo — Col. Yasuda
- 'Ducky' Louie — Little Goat
- Philip Ahn — Dr. Kim
- Benson Fong — Chung
- H.T. Tsiang — Magistrate
- Chin Kuang Chow — Little Charlie
Interesting facts
- Based on: China Sky
China Sky is a 1945 RKO Pictures war-drama film based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. It was directed by Ray Enright and featured movie idol Randolph Scott, teamed with Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew and Anthony Quinn. Although set in wartime China, Quinn and other lead actors portrayed Chinese characters, in keeping with other period films that employed Caucasian actors in Asian roles.
Production
Although Pearl Buck's novel had been optioned for film production in 1941, one nagging plotline held up actual work as screenwriters dealt with an unsympathetic anti-American Chinese character. Phillip Ahn's character was ultimately changed from the American schooled Chinese Dr. Chung to a half Korean and half Japanese character. His name, Kim Han Soo may have been inspired by real life Korean agent, Killsoo Han.
The RKO Pictures backlot China set over the years was used as a locale in a number of films and television series. It was originally part of the Jerusalem city for Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927) and was also redressed and featured as an Arab village in David O. Selznick's The Garden of Allah (1936). In 1945, the set was dressed for China Sky.
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